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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-05-17-Harrington-min Harrington School Council Meeting May 17, 2011 Members Present: Suzanne Cherenson, Susie Lee-Snell, Elaine Mead, Susan Rosie, Liz Sherriff, Grant Smith, Amy Chamberlain Absent: Michelle Dardeno, Judy Crocker, Genevieve Ng 1.Minutes from March 15, 2011 approved Minutes from April 12, 2011 amended and approved 2.School Council Grants Two grant requests were presented and awarded. One request was from school librarian, Sue Weeks. The grant request was for $399.19 to be used for multi-cultural books such as folktales from around the world, language books for younger students and student cookbooks from many cultures. The other request was from occupational therapist, Maureen Wojcik, who will use the money to purchase apple and animal shaped squeezers for students to help lower stress, anxiety and to help focus attention. This grant was approved to spend up to $119.00. The new balance in our School Council Fund is 0. 3.Co-Chair for Next Year Suzanne Cherenson has been reinforced as next year’s (2011- 2012) Harrington School Council’s co-chair. 4.School Representatives for 2011-2012 Five members need to be recruited for next year’s School Council. Two parent representatives and three school staff representatives are needed. The positions were listed in the Harrington Herald. Elaine will also list the positions in listserv. Suzanne will put a small poster at the green table at the Harrington School Fair. Suggestions were made as to how to recruit new members. Onesuggestion was to personally recruit new members. Also, if you have served in the past on the Council, you may opt to serve again. 5.Other Topics Educating parents about the benchmarks Some ideas on how to provide this are: A.Hold parent workshops to teach parents math games and math language. B. Produce short podcasts to present tutorials on big ideas in different academic areas. For example- Explain reading prompts and strategies parents can use to help their children develop reading skills. C. Explain homework expectations such as determined time allotments for each grade, value and purpose of homework, and what type of homework help you should provide to your child. It was noted that these policies are explained in the handbook. D. Create an online monkey survey to determine what parents already know and what they want to find out about to help plan these activities. Next meeting is June 14, 2011.